Agricultural implement.



J. D. MARTENS;

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT. APPLICATION rum) we. 10, 1912.

Patented NOV. 18, 1913.

Mr/vmaas UNITED STATES PATENT UFFICE.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application'filed August 10, 1912. Serial No. 714,441.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN DAVID MARTENS, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and resident of Swift Current, in the Province of Saskatchewan,in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Agricultural Im lements, of which the following is thespeci cation.

My invention relates to improvements in agricultural implements and moreparticularly to seeders and the object of the invention is to devise adisk harrow having means for sowing the seeds in the furrows made by theharrow instead of having to sow the seeds independently by hand or byanother seeding implement.

The invention consists of a plurality of harrow disks suitably mountedon a frame and a plurality of seed chutes immediately behind the disks,communicating with a seed receptacle on top of the frame whereby theseeds from the receptacle pass down the chutesandfall in the furrowsmade by the barrow disks immediately behind the same, all as hereinaftermore particularly described and illustrated in the accompanying drawingin which vFigure 1 represents a side view of a device constructedaccording to. my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view thereofshowing one of the chutes in section, and Fig. 3 is a cross section ofone of the disks.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in eachfigure.

1 are the barrow disks having the V- shaped outer peripheries 2. v

3 are frames surrounding the disks 2 to which the disks are pivoted.

4 are suitableconnections to a cross bar 5 extending laterally of theimplement. v

6 is the frame of the implement, and 7 is the seed receptacle.

8 are chutes having forwardly curved upper and lower extremities 9 and10 rethe chutes being forwardly inclined and ex-- tending near thebottom of the furrows direct'the seeds therein and prevent the samebeing scattered by the wind as frequently occurs.

What I claim as m invention is:

In a seeder the com ination with a disk of a seed chute behind the diskhaving forwardly curved upper and lower extremities and a seedreceptacle above the chute, said upper extremity of the seed chute beingpiv- Patented Nov. 1 8, 1913. Y

otally connected to the bottom of the seed receptacle and communicatingtherewith, and a frame extending around the disk and pivotally connectedthereto.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of. twowitnesses.

' JOHN D. MARTENS.

